Tex. Natural Resources Code § 62.093: PARK AUTHORITY.

The board may manage, operate, maintain, equip, improve, and finance:

(1) an existing public park placed under its jurisdiction by the commissioners court; or

(2) additional parks acquired by gift or otherwise but not acquired by the exercise of the power of eminent domain.

Acts 1977, 65th Leg., p. 2496, ch. 871, art. I, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1977. Amended by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 1276, Sec. 13.003(a), eff. Sept. 1, 2003.